"Take, but only twice." Man to take money from cursed chest only twice

Motif

"Take, but only twice." Man to take money from cursed chest only twice.

Tabu. · Miscellaneous tabus. · Time tabus. · view the constellation · filed as C762.5

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 3, Section CCLXLII
Literary CrystallizationFour Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee, King Lear Act 4
Literary CrystallizationUlysses, 18 Penelope

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

LithuanianBalys Index No. 36, 130.

Within the index

Filed under Tabu: doing thing too often.

Filed beside it

Tabu: using magic power too often Tabu: too much weeping for dead Tabu: whipping magic horse more than once on journey Tabu: taking more than one fruit from certain tree

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